Paradoxes (eBook)

Roy T. Cook is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department of the University of Minnesota.

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

1 The Care and Feeding of your New Paradoxes 9

2 The Truth about Truth 30

3 The Title of this Chapter Will Have its Revenge 62

4 Some Collections are Bigger and Badder than Others 91

5 Bald, Not Bald, and Kinda Bald 128

6 What We Know about What We Know 156

Conclusion: Many Paradoxes, One Solution? 186

References 197

Index 203

"The Liar Paradox and the Sorites Paradox were discovered by the
Ancient Greek thinker Eubulides. Two and a half thousand years
later, we have a much deeper understanding of these paradoxes,
their neighbours, and their importance, but there is still no
consensus on how they should be solved. Roy Cook's book
explains current thinking on these matters in a clear,
knowledgeable, and easy-going way. He has fashioned an excellent
introduction to this intriguing area of thought."

Graham Priest, University of Melbourne

"Paradoxes can be the springboard of profound discovery. This
book presents paradoxes that matter, and explains why and how they
matter. And the book does it all in a user-friendly style that's
enjoyable to read. And what's more: the book is reliable, written
by one of the leading researchers on the topic. This book is
henceforth on my list of required readings for anyone looking to
study the philosophy of logic or the interplay of paradoxes, logic,
and philosophy generally. It's a great accomplishment by one of
today's exciting philosophers."

JC Beall, University of Connecticut